The 83-year-old was arrested this morning to be quizzed by police on fresh sex assault allegations dating back to the late 70s and early 80s

The victims were aged between 11 and 16 when the alleged attacks took place.

Disgraced Hall is further charged with one count of indecently assaulting one of the youngsters. If he is found guilty, it seems almost certain that the 83-year-old will die behind bars.

He was arrested and quizzed by police yesterday for six hours after being taken from prison, where he is currently serving a 30-month sentence.

The Crown Prosecution Service said that it had authorised Lancashire Police to charge the former BBC radio football commentator and It’s A Knockout star.

Nazir Afzal, the chief crown prosecutor for CPS North West, said: “Following a careful review, we have decided that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Stuart Hall and that it is in the public interest to do so.

“This decision to prosecute has been taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, the CPS legal guidance on rape and sexual offences, and the DPP’s guidelines on prosecuting cases of child sexual abuse.”

Hall is accused of raping the first girl, who was aged between 14 and 16 at the time of the alleged offences, seven times between January 1976 and September 1978 in Manchester.

It is claimed he raped the second girl, who was aged between 11 or 12 and 15, eight times between January 1976 and January 1981 in Greater Manchester and Cheshire. He is also accused of indecently assaulting her between January 1976 and January 1977.

Hall, married with two children and four grandchildren, is due to appear at Preston magistrates court on November 8.

Detectives are understood to have been investigating the new allegations since July, just weeks after he was jailed.

On Tuesday, it was confirmed that the former TV presenter had been stripped of his OBE.

In April this year, Hall was initially given a 15-month prison term but the Court of Appeal ruled that the sentence was “inadequate” and it was doubled in July.

Hall, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was a familiar face and voice in British broadcasting for half a century.

And his eccentric football match summaries made him a cult figure on BBC Radio 5 Live.